Systematic selection of screening participants by risk score in a chlamydia screening programme is feasible and effective

ObjectivesSystematic screening for Chlamydia trachomatis by individual invitation can be optimised by filtering participants on risk profile, excluding people at no or low risk. The authors investigated this technique in a large-scale chlamydia screening programme in the Netherlands in one rural reg...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Sexually transmitted infections 2012-04, Vol.88 (3), p.205-211
Hauptverfasser:	van den Broek, Ingrid V F, Brouwers, Elfi E H G, Götz, Hannelore M, van Bergen, Jan E A M, Op de Coul, Eline L M, Fennema, Johannes S A, Koekenbier, Rik H, Pars, Lydia L, van Ravesteijn, Sander M, Hoebe, Christian J P A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	acceptability Adolescent Adult Asymptomatic Biological and medical sciences Chlamydia chlamydia infection Chlamydia Infections - diagnosis Chlamydia Infections - epidemiology Chlamydia Infections - therapy Chlamydia trachomatis Chlamydia trachomatis - isolation & purification clinical STI care Communicable Disease Control - economics Communicable Disease Control - methods epidemiology (general) epidemiology (molecular) Epidemiology. Vaccinations Female General aspects general practice HIV Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models Humans Infectious diseases Male Mass Screening - methods Medical sciences Netherlands - epidemiology Participation Patient Acceptance of Health Care positivity Prevention and actions Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Questionnaires Risk Assessment Risk Factors risk score Rural Population screening selection tool Sexually transmitted diseases STD surveillance Surveys and Questionnaires syndromic management Women Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	ObjectivesSystematic screening for Chlamydia trachomatis by individual invitation can be optimised by filtering participants on risk profile, excluding people at no or low risk. The authors investigated this technique in a large-scale chlamydia screening programme in the Netherlands in one rural region where relatively low prevalence was expected (
ISSN:	1368-4973 1472-3263
DOI:	10.1136/sextrans-2011-050219